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FLAT BRUSH.

(Application med Jan. 25, 1902.) (lo Model.)

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VILLIAM II. HUM'PHREY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLAT BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. l700,050, dated May 13, 1902.

Application led January 25, 1902. Serial No. 91,190. (No model.)

T0 LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM IllUMPHREY, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flat Brushes, of Vwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to brushes used by painters, varnishers, .and other mechanics; and its object :is toprovide certain new and useful improvements in flat brushes, whereby the bristles are resiliently supported atzth'e front and rear faces of the-brush to insure proper flexing of the bristles when the brush is in use, at the "same time allowingfree flow of the paint, varnish, or other material.

The inventionl consists of novelffeatures and parts and-'combinations of thelsame, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims. 1

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying'. drawings, forming a part of thisv specification, in which similar characters of reference l,indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a face View of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig 3is a transverse section ofgthe same on the line 3 3 of Fig.,1. Fig-dis a like Viewof amodified form of the same, and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the band and its extensions.

On the head A of the handle A is secured the band B, inclosingthe butt-end of the bristles C, the latter vbeingsecuredin place within the band by a suitable. adhesive substance, such as glue, and by fastening de-v vices, such as nails -D,.driven throughl the band B, the bristles, andthe wooden core E thereof, as plainly indicated in the drawings.

On the front and rear faces of the band B are arranged outward. extensions F, preferably made of sheet metal and soldered or otherwise fastened to the inside of the sheet-metal band B.

The extensions F are preferably lined on the inside by linings G, of leather or other flexible material, and each lining preferably extends beyond the outer ends of the sides of the corresponding extension F, so that`the bristles do not come in contact with the edges of the extensions The extensions are connected with eachother at or near their sides by wires or cords H, which may extend around the outside of the bristles, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, or the wires H extend transversely through the bristles, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4.

Now by the arrangement described the extensions F and their linings G form a resilient bridle for the bristles C, so .that when the brush is used the bristles properly iex and immediately return to theirrnormal position by the'action ofthe extensions and their linings. I It is understood that'the side edges of the bristles are open between the ends of the extensions and their`.linings to insure free flow of the paint,'varnish, or the like.

v. The extension and its cushion-lining prortects the bristles against being injured while Ythe brush is used.

HavingV thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire'to secure by Letters "Patente V l.. A fiat `brush provided with a metallic band encircling the buttend of the bristles, and1having metallicoutward extensions on the front'and rear faces,flinings of flexible material Vfor the said'extensions and extend# ingbeyond the outer ends of the extensions and beyond the sides thereof, and a connec 'tionbetween the front andrear metallic extensions at or near the'sides thereof, as set forth.

2.'A flatv brush provided with a metallic band encircling the buttLend of the bristles 'and having outward extensions on the front and rear faces, linings of flexible material for 'the said extensions and extending beyond the same, anda connection between the front and rear metallic extensions at or near their sides and comprising wires or cords extending around the outside of the bristles, as set for-th.

' 3. AA fiat ybrushprovided with a b and encircling the butt-end of the bristles and secured on the head of the handle, the band having outward extensionson the front'and rear faces, iiexiblelinings forthe'saidextensions and secured thereto by eyelets, and wires or cords extending through the eyelets lat or near the sides of the extensions and connecting the front and rear extensions, as set forth.

4. A flat brush provided with a band en- IOC) circling the butt-end of the bristles and sel connecting the front and rear extensions at 1o cured on the head of the handle, fastening devices extending through the band and bristles and engaging the Wooden core in the buttend of the bristles, the said vband having ontward extensions on the front and rear faces, fiexible inside linings for the extensions eX- tending beyond the outer ends of the extensions, and the sides thereof and wires or cords or near the sides thereof, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM II. IIUMIHREY.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. I'IosTER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

